Party Time

[MystyrMystyry]

See up there on Mount Olympus
That old geezer with the white beard
Sitting on an alabaster throne
The one rolling an oversized doobie
High above the clouds
Looks like an ancient relic from Woodstock
That's Zeus, the God Of All The Gods
He's the Host they'll toast
The MC with the Most
Sharing it with Odin and Jupiter
Above him you can just make out Atlas
Balancing the sky on his head
While he cracks open a cold tinny
The music you hear is provided by Pan on the Pipes
And Orpheus on the Lyre
There's Aphrodite in a flowing gossamer number
Designed by Penelope
She's mingling with the honoured guests
Just now mincing in is Ares - who's he looking for?
It's Thor swapping jokes with Mars! They have a lot in common those three
And not quite a God, its Herakles
Hungrily eying the Golden Apple Salad
Perseus is minding the door
Guarding against Gorgon gatecrashers (The Eumenides gave away the address)
And Theseus is lost in the garden maze
There's Poseidon with his trident
Floating on a blow-up mattress in the swimming pool
Saturn's rocked up in his hot new chariot
Looking for somewhere to park
Juno's discussing recipes with Ceres
And Artemis is talking wedding arrangements with Circe

There's Uranus, and Dionysus, and Persephone, and Calypso
Who definitely aren't chatting about weddings


They're all up there

And me without an invitation

[Delta40]

Well you know your Gods, that's for sure. I was distracted by too many That's and There's in the poem and it started to feel like a list of names with no action - and you're usually good at writing interactions.

[MystyrMystyry]

You're right Delta.

It's a companion piece to one that I didn't put up (because it would only have met with criticism for being another attempt at a comedy sketch - grrrr!!!)

So I submitted this by itself, too soon - I'll fix it later :)

[Jack of Hearts]

How rude of them to forget.

This reader's one critique is that you could have done more with Uranus.








J

[Hawkman]

Actually I think this works very well as a parody of those banal commentaries on some media award ceremony like the Oscars. To improve its poetic qualities you could trim the odd word here and there which might aid its flow, but it's a lot of fun.

Live and be well - H

[ucello]

Love it very much, you awake my nostalgia for pagan times...

[AuntShecky]

Yes, you do know your gods, but aren't Odin andThor at the wrong party? I think their dispensation is more Northern, right--
in the Scandinavian climes?

Also, the top deity may be an "old geezer," but from what I hear he liked the Ladies.

[MystyrMystyry]

No Aunty - they're at the right party - the Egyptian Gods would be at the wrong party - (I thought that would confuse it), but Greek Roman and Norse are all in the right ballpark for a light read. I went with just the names I thought everyone would be familiar with (difficult because I realise there are those who have their favorites and would wonder why I didn't include Bacchus etc and my classical learning's a bit deeper than probably most who will eventually read it - though not necessarily)

Thanks for reading it Aunty, and taking the time to comment :)

[MystyrMystyry]

Thankyou ucello :)

[MystyrMystyry]

Thankyou Hawk - you're getting it, but after Delta's comment I rethunk it and realised perhaps I should have made more of their respective reputations - but it's a light-hearted poem, not intended to be life altering :)

[MystyrMystyry]

It certainly was rude Jacko, but it must've been a postal mistake, MUST'VE been..!

As for your cited pun, I Saturn it for the duration :)